1.2 Convection Currents and the Mantle



Vocabulary:


Heat Transfer: The movement of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object
Radiation: The transfer of energy through empty space
Conduction: Heat transfer by direct contact of particles of matter
Convection: Is heat transfer by the movement of a heated fluid
Density: The measurement of how much mass there is in a volume of substance
Convection Currents: The flow that transfers heat with in a fluid

Outline


  • Radiation
  • Conduction
  • Convection
  • Convection in Earths Mantle

Note


  • Convection in Earth's mantle

Diagrams


  • Convection
  • Conduction
Radiation
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